Wiley Post memorial first day cover postmarked at Oklahoma City, OK
on Nov 20, 1979. B/W photo printed on cachet #3209 by Alvin Eckert #9964,
USCS. Cover franked with a 25 cent Wiley Post stamp # C-96
The Liberty Ship cover is one of a group honoring famous Americans.
Wiley Post was a renowned 1920-30s era flyer, who set Round-the-World Flight Records in 1931 and 1933.
See his web pages for the details of his risk-taking, long-distance flying.
He died with Will Rogers in an Alaska plane crash in 1935.
During WW II, a Liberty Ship, SS Wiley Post, was named is his honor, and
was built in Los Angeles, CA and launched in 1943.
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These items make fine gifts when mounted on a colored matte
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